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If it weren't for Liam, Noel would have never been what he is today. It was a combination of the two that made them both successful - Noel doesn't, and never did, have the voice or the charisma on stage to make all those songs huge the way they were.

I would disagree. Noels voice is far superior to Liams. I would agree that Liams voice does work on some songs, but for the most part, the music of Oasis would be far better if Noel took the reigns.

And charisma and trying to play the part of a jerk rock star are two different things. Charismatic he is not. But i'm sure they are/were more popular because of his attitude. People do buy into that for some reason.

If it weren't for Liam, Noel would have never been what he is today. It was a combination of the two that made them both successful - Noel doesn't, and never did, have the voice or the charisma on stage to make all those songs huge the way they were.

I would disagree. Noels voice is far superior to Liams. I would agree that Liams voice does work on some songs, but for the most part, the music of Oasis would be far better if Noel took the reigns.

That's fair, everyone's particular taste in music is different, but Liam's voice was always singled out for praise by critics through the first 3 albums especially, and while they may have had some success with Noel only doing all the singing, I don't think he can carry a song like "Supersonic", their breakthrough hit in the UK, or songs like Champagne Supernova/Wonderwall that became big here.

But it's impossible for me to say - I can't un-hear Liam's singing on the songs, so whenever I hear Noel singing it, it's already a song I know and love from Liam singing it, so I can't say whether if Liam had never sung on it that it would've been better or worse. But I know I love his voice on the albums, but fair enough if you prefer one over the other.

I just think Liam's voice on those songs, at that moment in time, played a major factor in them becoming huge - and it extended not only from his voice, but the demeanour and yes, charisma on stage (Noel's just as big of a jerk - remember the whole telling Damon Albarn he wished he died of aids thing?), it was a package. Noel brought the songwriting and catchy riffs, Liam brought the swagger and sneering/attitude to the vocals. Noel's got a voice, and he can sing certain songs very well (Don't Look Back in Anger, etc), but as I said in another thread recently, I can't listen to him for a full concert try to belt out songs. His voice just gets boring to me, and it works far better in a smaller, acoustic setting.